Adding a new smiley
We will be adding a new smiley at the SDMB. The smiley will be chosen by popular vote, using the approval method of voting (you can vote for more than one candidate, the candidate with the most votes will win - see at this page a description of approval voting by mathematician Sam Merrill.) The polling process
We have 50 candidates. vBulletin limits the number of choices in a poll to 10. So the first round of voting will have 5 polls with 10 candidates each. You can vote for more than one candidate in each of the 5 polls in the first round. (Note that if you vote for every candidate, the effect for determining the winner would be the same as if you had not voted at all.) This first round will last 7 days.
At end of 7 days, there will be a second-round poll with
a) the winner in each of the five polls of the first round (five smilies)
b) plus the top four vote-getters besides those five, treating all the polls as one
c) and the “no new smilies” choice
The second-round 10-choice poll that will also expire in 7 days and be conducted using approval voting.
If the winner of the second round is a category with two or more smilies (e.g. dubious has two submissions), there will be one final poll to choose the best smiley for that category, with an expiration date of five days.
If there are ties in any of the rounds of voting, the winner will be decided by Arnold Winkelried flipping a swiss coin (to have a double guarantee of swiss neutrality) to determine the winner. Candidates List of candidates. The table of submissions is divided by columns - the first column will be poll one for the first round, the second column will be poll two for the first round, etc… Threads of interest Asking for smiley submissions in ATMB
Practice poll in ATMB - We strongly recommend that you experiment with vBulletin’s polling feature here before you start voting on smilies.
First shot: A bright, sunny day in a daisy-filled field. A little girl, obviously a Doper-to-be is picking daisies and humming to herself. An idyllic scene.
Second shot: A bomb goes off, a mushroom cloud begins to fill the screen as it gets brighter and brighter, the little girl disappears.
Third shot: Against now white background. Caption
“If I had my way, I’d nuke every f***ing Doper on the planet! I hate those smug bastards!” --Sherlock Smiley, Huntley-Brinkley News Hour, Dec 21 1974.
Fourth shot: Fade to black. Caption:
"These are the stakes, to make a world in which all Cecil’s children can live, or to go into the darkness. Either we must love each other or we must die.–attributed to LBJ, originally spoken by Yuk
Announcer: Every Yuk supporter wants to believe that Yuk is, quote, experienced…
But listen to the smilie who should know best, Rolleyes. A reporter recently asked Rolleyes this question about Yuk’s ‘experience’.
Reporter: I just wondered if you could give us an example of any major case of ignorance that Yuk has fought…
Rolleyes: If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don’t remember. (Laughter)…
Announcer: Rolleyes could not remember, but the voters will remember. For real leadership in the SDMB, help elect Smashie your next smilie. He has the experience.
Yuk. Soft on ignorance.
Smashie. He’s got a hammer, and he’s not afraid to use it.
[sub]Paid for with $1.98 in stamps[/sub]
Announcer: Yuk would have you believe he’s the best candidate for the newest SDMB smiley. [Unflattering close-up] Then why won’t he talk about his illegal campaign activities involving the Starland Vocal Band? Why did he allow Willie Horton to go on a weekend furlough, raping and killing a Maryland woman? Why won’t he support a Pledge of Allegiance to Cecil Adams?
Yuk: Not fit to be an SDMB smiley
Paid for by the Committee to elect Whoosh BK Burger, Treasurer
